Day: May 3, 2012

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For those in the Metro New York area, or who need a trip

Head to the 8th Annual New York Polish Film Festival, being held Friday, May 4th through Tuesday, May 8th at the Indie Screen Theatre in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The New York Polish Film Festival (NYPFF) offers viewers an opportunity to celebrate Polish cinema and the rare opportunity to interact with the filmmakers themselves. NYPFF showcases features, shorts and documentaries created by distinguished filmmakers, both new and long-established. NYPFF is the largest festival promoting and presenting Polish films on the East Coast. This year the NYPFF is incorporating a new segment, “Neighboring Cinema.” This segment will present three awarded films from post communist countries — Russia, Rumania, and the Czech Republic.

This year the Film Festival is coming to trendy Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The screenings will take place at Indie Screen Theatre. Festival’s films will also be presented in Manhattan and Queens.

Thanks to NYPFF thousands have been afforded the opportunity to see Polish cinema in New York.

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A joyful noise

From CBS 60 Minutes: Joy in the Congo: A musical miracle

“Joy in the Congo” seems an unlikely — even impossible — title for a story from the Congo, considering the searing poverty and brutal civil war that have decimated that country. Yet in Kinshasa, the capital city, we found an unforgettable symphony orchestra — 200 singers and instrumentalists defying the poverty, hardship, and struggles of life in the world’s poorest country…and creating some of the most moving music we have ever heard. Follow Bob Simon to the Congo to hear the sounds and stories of the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra.